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Cuttack,6/4/2021 ( Odisha Samachar )- On receipt of reliable information regarding collection of huge cash by Sri Bichitrananda Nayak, Tahasildar, Baranga, Dist. Cuttack as illegal gratification from different sources, the officers of Vigilance, Cuttack Division kept a close watch over the movement and activities of Sri Nayak.
Accordingly, today i.e. on 6.4.2021, Vigilance Officers of Cuttack Division intercepted him in front of Mani Tribhuban Apartments, Raghunathpur, Bhubaneswar, while he was proceeding to his residential house by official hired vehicle. During interception, Sri Nayak tussled with the Vigilance team and threw away the cash which he was carrying on the road. Cash amounting to Rs.1,07,000/- (Rupees One Lakh Seven Thousand) was recovered by the Vigilance team from the road, which Sri Nayak could not satisfactorily account for.
In this connection, Cuttack Vigilance PS Case No.8 dated 6.4.2021 has been registered U/s 13(2) r/w 13(1)(b) of Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018 against Sri Bichitrananda Nayak, Tahasildar, Baranga, Dist. Cuttack.
Following interception, his office chamber at Baranga, residential house at Patia, Bhubaneswar and house at native village Gopalpur, PS. Gondia, Dist. Dhenkanal are being searched.
The investigation of the case is in progress.
